I hope that I am sending out this message with enough lead time so that as
many of you as possible will be able to join in and participate in this
accessible live webcast. You must have the Real G2 version 8 basic or plus
player installed on your computer in order to view the webcast. I would
also appreciate it for those wishing to be at the live event, to register
with the Reliacast ticketing software so we can obtain measurable
statistics from the webcast event. As always, I would appreciate it if
this message could be posted out on to other lists where it hasn't been
viewed yet. Thank you in advance and I look forward to many of you joining
in the webcasdt on Friday, march 16, 2001 @ 1:PM (est). Smile.
Jeffrey Pledger
President, AbleTV.net
tvwoRLDWIDE.COM
PRESS RELEASE
American Foundation for the Blind Selects AbleTV to Webcast JLTLI 200
Event Live
Global Participation Expected in Accessible Interactive Webcast, Friday,
March 16, 1:30 PM EST at www.abletv.net on the TVWorldwide.com Network with
Audience Tracking by Reliacast
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, March 13, 2001
Contact: [log in to unmask]
TV Worldwide.com, Inc.
http://www.tvworldwide.com
(703) 961-9250
Jeff Pledger
[log in to unmask]
http://www.abletv.net
(301) 890-5944
Regina Genwright
American Foundation for the Blind
(212) 502-7658
[log in to unmask]
Chantilly, Va. - AbleTV.net, web-based TV channel for people with
disabilities on the TVWorldwide.com network, announced today that it had
been selected by the American Foundation for the Blind to webcast the 15th
Josephine L. Taylor Leadership Institute (JTLI 2001) keynote address and
panel discussion live from the Washington Marriot Hotel, at 1:30 PM EST on
March 16. The webcast will feature keynote speaker Carl Kupfer, M.D. from
the National Institute of Health, followed by a panel discussion on
"Bringing Services to People" with on-line participation by chat and
e-mail. The webcast will feature AbleTV.net's captioned video streaming or
"webcapting" process to assist on-line participants with disabilities. The
free event will feature the on-line audience tracking capability of
Reliacast, Inc., selected for its state-of-the-art ticketing software
solution.
"We're excited about the prospect of offering the important JLTLI event for
accessible on-line participation worldwide, " stated Ms. Regina Genright,
director, AFB Information Center. " AbleTV is renowned for its webcasts
addressing issues important to the community of those people with
disabilities and we welcome everyone tuning in worldwide."
The webcast will be directed by Jeff Pledger, President of AbleTV.net, who
lost his sight 17 years ago due to illness. "We are pleased to provide
captioned streaming for this live event," remarked Pledger. " The American
Foundation for the Blind truly is fulfilling Helen Keller's Vision with
events like this to level the playing field for people who are blind or
visually impaired."
"It will be great to have the Reliacast Virtual Turnstile software for
feedback on our traffic so we can continue to enhance the experience for
online participants," commented Dave Gardy, CEO of TVWorldwide.com.
The program will be archived with the captioning for later viewing after
the webcast at http://www.abletv.net. Participants should have the free
Real Player installed prior to the event and can log on for their free
Reliacast R-ticket any time prior to the webcast on the 16th. Questions can
be directed to [log in to unmask] before and during the event.
About TVWorldwide.com and AbleTV.net
In addition to being a full-service video streaming service provider,
The TVWorldwide.com is building a network of community-based Internet TV
channels, each underwritten by a strategic partner, "aimcasting" to
targeted B2B and professional special interest audiences worldwide.
TVWorldwide.com has worked with one of its first aimcast channels,
AbleTV.net, to pioneer live and archived video streaming with closed
captioning and audio description to aid web site accessibility for people
with disabilities. With this advance, AbleTV.net received its charter
sponsorship from Microsoft Corporation. TVWorldwide.com received first
round financing from PSINet Ventures, Ltd., the wholly-owned corporate unit
of PSINet, Inc. (Nasdaq:PSIX)
About the American Foundation for the Blind
The American Foundation for the Blind?the organization to which Helen
Keller devoted more than 40 years of her life?is a national nonprofit whose
mission is to eliminate the inequities faced by the ten million Americans
who are blind or visually impaired. Headquartered in New York City, AFB
maintains offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and San Francisco, and a
governmental relations office in Washington, D.C.
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